listtemp
Package: WA2L/edrc 1.5.57
Section: Library Commands (3)
Updated: 15 November 2008
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NAME
listtemp - list state of temporary directories in a directory
SYNOPSIS
edrc/lib/listtemp
[
-h
]
listtemp
-d directory
AVAILABILITY
WA2L/edrc
DESCRIPTION
list the state of all temporary directories, that are created in a
certain directory.
The output is a list that provides the following information:
- IS_ACTIVE
-
True
= the process that created the directory is still running;
False
= the process that created the directory is not running any more.
If an entry is marked as
False
the process that created the temporary directory is no longer running
and the temporary directory can be removed without side effects.
- DIRECTORY
-
the temporary directory.
- CREATED
-
date and time when the temporary directory was created.
- COMMAND
-
command name that created the directory.
- PID
-
process id of the process that created the directory.
- USER
-
name of the user that created the temporary directory.
- PROCESS
-
process name of the process that created the directory.
OPTIONS
- -h
-
usage message.
- -d directory
-
directory where to start to search for temporary directories.
ENVIRONMENT
-
EXIT STATUS
- 0
-
no error.
- 3
-
directory specified in the
-d
option does not exist.
- 4
-
usage message listed.
FILES
- .maketemp.flagfile
-
flagfile located in the temporary directory containing the state information
about the command that created the temporary directory. This file is created by
maketemp(3)
and is also read by
removetemp(3)
when removing the temporary directory.
EXAMPLES
-
SEE ALSO
edrcintro(1),
maketemp(3),
purgetemp(3),
removetemp(3)
NOTES
-
BUGS
-
AUTHOR
listtemp was developed by Christian Walther. Send suggestions
and bug reports to wa2l@users.sourceforge.net .
COPYRIGHT
Copyright © 2008
Christian Walther
This is free software; see
edrc/doc/COPYING
for copying conditions. There is ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY; not
even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
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